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150E-162-Icarus Pays A Visit
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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
For 43 years after its discovery in 1949, the Earth approaching asteroid Icarus, was known as the object which passes closest to our Sun. It is named for a boy in Greek mythology whose wings of feathers and wax melted when he ignored his father's advice and flew too close to the Sun.
Released:
Oct 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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